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The Dow Jones Industrial Average ( ^DJI) is trading down 12.0 points at 15,070 as of Friday, May 10, 2013, 1:35 p.m. ET. During this time, 251.5 million shares of the 30 Dow components have changed hands vs. an average daily trading volume of 600.7 million. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,690 issues advancing vs. 1,268 declining with 107 unchanged.

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The Dow component leading the way higher looks to be E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (NYSE: DD), which is sporting an eight-cent gain (+0.1%) bringing the stock to $55.46. Volume for E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company currently sits at 4.3 million shares traded vs. an average daily trading volume of 6.4 million shares.

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company has a market cap of $50.27 billion and is part of the basic materials sector and chemicals industry. Shares are up 23.1% year to date as of Thursday's close. The stock's dividend yield sits at 3.3%.

E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company operates as a science and technology based company worldwide. Its Agriculture segment provides corn hybrid, soybean, canola, sunflower, sorghum, inoculants, wheat, and rice seed products under the Pioneer brand; and herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides. The company has a P/E ratio of 21, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

TheStreet Ratings rates E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, compelling growth in net income and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow.